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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: smeds on April 02, 2012, 10:00:52 PM

Title: USN Nimrod
Post by: smeds on April 02, 2012, 10:00:52 PM: Some of you may have seen this elsewhere, but here is my USN Nimrod. All comments, good or bad welcome.

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/smeders/IMG_1671.jpg)

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/smeders/IMG_1670.jpg)

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/smeders/IMG_1669.jpg)

She's been zapped, during Fincastle competion
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/smeders/IMG_1668.jpg)

Weapon load, mines and torpedo's
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/smeders/IMG_1667.jpg)
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Logan Hartke on April 02, 2012, 10:13:40 PM: That is lovely, smeds! Welcome to Beyond the Sprues. Though, I must say, as someone who lives near NAS Jax in the perpetual shadow of the P-3 Orion, there is an element of sacrilege to this!

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Doom! on April 02, 2012, 10:29:29 PM: Very nice! :)
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: ChrisF on April 02, 2012, 11:47:55 PM: Nice one ! Dare i say it a better colour than the "brown" real ones !! lol
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Cliffy B on April 03, 2012, 12:29:19 AM: VERY NICE!!!!! 8)
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Logan Hartke on April 03, 2012, 12:37:27 AM: Quote from: ChrisF on April 02, 2012, 11:47:55 PM
Nice one ! Dare i say it a better colour than the "brown" real ones !! lol

Agreed!

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: smeds on April 03, 2012, 12:54:56 AM: Quote from: Logan Hartke on April 02, 2012, 10:13:40 PM
That is lovely, smeds! Welcome to Beyond the Sprues. Though, I must say, as someone who lives near NAS Jax in the perpetual shadow of the P-3 Orion, there is an element of sacrilege to this!

Cheers,

Logan

Yeah, some will say the same about the Nimrod in USN markings lol
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on April 03, 2012, 01:01:05 AM: Very nice looking Nimrod. Wondering now what the number of this beast have been if it were to have actually been adopted by the U.S. Navy? P-4 was taken by the Privateer, P-5 was the Marlin, P-6 was the Sea Master, P-7 is a good candidate.
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 03, 2012, 02:30:47 AM: Outstanding!
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Brian da Basher on April 03, 2012, 02:48:13 AM: Looks like it "belongs" in that scheme & those markings!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: finsrin on April 03, 2012, 06:00:07 AM: Quote from: Brian da Basher on April 03, 2012, 02:48:13 AM
Looks like it "belongs" in that scheme & those markings!

Brian da Basher

Same goes for me. High quality build too. 8)
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: elmayerle on April 03, 2012, 10:39:31 AM: Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on April 03, 2012, 01:01:05 AM
Very nice looking Nimrod. Wondering now what the number of this beast have been if it were to have actually been adopted by the U.S. Navy? P-4 was taken by the Privateer, P-5 was the Marlin, P-6 was the Sea Master, P-7 is a good candidate.
P-7 was a 1980's replacement for the P-3 that was supposed to make considerable use of P-3 tooling; it turned out that they needed to make most of it anew and the price went beyond what the USN was willing to pay; leading to the project's cancellation.
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on April 03, 2012, 03:54:32 PM: Smeds, like they've all said, thats a cool looking build. Its a better fit than the P8 Poseidon IMHO.

Andrew
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: taiidantomcat on April 03, 2012, 07:31:33 PM: That is exceptional in both concept and execution :-* Welcome aboard!! And thanks for sharing :)
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Dr. YoKai on April 03, 2012, 10:12:05 PM: Well I am partial to anything colored hemp, but this is a nice execution.

and I'd like to thank whoever modified my 'personnal text' ;) ( however did you know? )
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Lensfire on April 04, 2012, 01:33:54 AM: One newbie to another - welcome! I like the US Nimrod, and it looks like a really beautifully made model - envy! (I can never get a really smooth paint finish on my models - I've got to find out what one of these air brush thingies is, and try and make it work).
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on April 04, 2012, 09:36:03 AM: Awesommmmmme!

It looks right in those markings, it just does. And, nothing would annoy the USAF than the USN buying from somebody other than Boeing!

Alvis 3.1
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: elmayerle on April 04, 2012, 10:52:18 AM: Gorgeous bit of work there and I'd love to see the "EP" variant, having worked on the EP-3E on a previous job.
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: upnorth on April 05, 2012, 12:08:23 AM: Nicely done!

That looks so very right.
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: JP Vieira on April 05, 2012, 01:37:52 AM: Amazing work
Title: Re: USN Nimrod
Post by: Sentinel Chicken on April 06, 2012, 11:21:22 PM: Nice work! It looks the part in USN colors.